Jie Jingshan peeled an egg, her eyes filled with happiness and hope for the future.
Qin Mei placed a peeled egg into Jie Jingshan's bowl. Jie Jingshan paused, looking up at Qin Mei. "Sister-in-law."
"Eat more eggs. You need the nutrition," Qin Mei said, smiling at Jing Qi as she picked up a sweet potato and took a bite.
Jie Jingshan stared for a moment, then gave Qin Mei a grateful look. She didn't refuse, eating two eggs, a sweet potato, and drinking a bowl of milk.
'This month's ration tickets are all used up.' Qin Mei thought, considering a trip to the black market.
After breakfast, Jie Jingshan returned to her room while Qin Mei went to the courtyard to turn the herbs she was sun-drying. Aunt Zhang, having finished the laundry, decided today was the day she'd pick a fight with Qin Mei, something she'd been itching to do for a month. She deliberately hung the dripping wet clothes right above Qin Mei's herbs. When water dripped onto them, Qin Mei was furious.
